The efficacy of antenatal steroid therapy is dependent on the duration of low-concentration fetal exposure: evidence from a sheep model of pregnancy

MW Kemp, M Saito, H Usuda, S Watanabe… - American journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Antenatal corticosteroids are among the most important and widely used
interventions to improve outcomes for preterm infants. Antenatal corticosteroid dosing …

Variability in the efficacy of a standardized antenatal steroid treatment was independent of maternal or fetal plasma drug levels: evidence from a sheep model of …

T Takahashi, M Saito, AF Schmidt, H Usuda… - American journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Administration of antenatal steroids is standard of care for women assessed to
be at imminent risk of preterm delivery. There is a marked variation in antenatal steroid …

The duration of fetal antenatal steroid exposure determines the durability of preterm ovine lung maturation

MW Kemp, M Saito, AF Schmidt, H Usuda… - American journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) are the standard of care for maturing the fetal
lung and improving outcomes for preterm infants. Antenatal corticosteroid dosing remains …

[HTML][HTML] Betamethasone phosphate reduces the efficacy of antenatal steroid therapy and is associated with lower birthweights when administered to pregnant sheep …

T Takahashi, EL Fee, Y Takahashi, M Saito… - American journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Antenatal corticosteroid therapy is a standard of care for women at imminent
risk of preterm labor. However, the optimal (maximum benefit and minimal risk of side …

Maternofetal pharmacokinetics and fetal lung responses in chronically catheterized sheep receiving constant, low-dose infusions of betamethasone phosphate

MW Kemp, M Saito, H Usuda, TJ Molloy, Y Miura… - American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Antenatal steroids are standard of care for cases of anticipated preterm labor to
improve neonatal outcomes. However, steroids are potent drugs, and their use in pregnancy …

[HTML][HTML] Low-dose antenatal betamethasone treatment achieves preterm lung maturation equivalent to that of the World Health Organization dexamethasone regimen …

H Usuda, EL Fee, S Carter, L Furfaro… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The intramuscular administration of antenatal steroids to women at risk of
preterm delivery achieves high maternal and fetal plasma steroid concentrations, which are …

Antenatal corticosteroid therapy: current strategies and identifying mediators and markers for response

N Falah, DM Haas - Seminars in Perinatology, 2014 - Elsevier
Landmark early work has led to the nearly universal use of antenatal corticosteroids to
accelerate fetal lung maturity with pregnancies complicated by impending preterm birth …

Fetal versus maternal and gestational age effects of repetitive antenatal glucocorticoids

AH Jobe, J Newnham, K Willet, P Sly, M Ikegami - Pediatrics, 1998 - publications.aap.org
Background. Although single courses of antenatal glucocorticoids decrease respiratory
distress syndrome and mortality, repetitive courses of antenatal glucocorticoids are being …

[引用][C] Evidence from multicenter neworks on the current use and effectiveness of antenatal corticosteroids in low birth weight infants

LL Wright, JD Horbar, H Gunkel, J Verter… - American journal of …, 1995 - Elsevier
Corticosteroid treatment of pregnant women at risk for preterm delivery enhances fetal lung
maturity and improves neonatal outcomes.'Despite convincing evidence of these effects, a …

[HTML][HTML] Antenatal corticosteroids: a reappraisal of the drug formulation and dose

AH Jobe, M Kemp, A Schmidt, T Takahashi… - Pediatric …, 2021 - nature.com
We review the history of antenatal corticosteroid therapy (ACS) and present recent
experimental data to demonstrate that this, one of the pillars of perinatal care, has been …